^ Can't tell you how many times I've had leftover RP and my friend needs a chest but can't get one for another few days. Personally I just don't like the fact that chests are on a set timer, and aren't dropped like keys.
Mysticman891 votesKeys are sortof on a timer too, it's just a month long one (12 frags max/month).
Still, I don't see any immediate issue with making them giftable, although directly gifting a mystery skin/champ/etc might skip a step and be more reliable to getting your friend content.
13900 Essence1 votesKeys are sortof on a timer too, it's just a month long one (12 frags max/month).
Still, I don't see any immediate issue with making them giftable, although directly gifting a mystery skin/champ/etc might skip a step and be more reliable to getting your friend content.
Can't disenchant what doesn't go in your inventory. Right now I need a few hundred more orange essence to get Firefighter Tristana but I'm sitting on 3 frags with no chest available for days.
The issue is that you get the keys extremely fast compared to chests, which is furthered if you are a one-trick (which I'm not, but if you ever see pictures where people have like 99 key frags that is why).
Mysticman891 votesEh, it depends on the kind of player. The optimal player (who can play a lot and plays well) earns 12 frags/month and 4 chests/month so it works out exactly even. I pretty much earn my chests the day they unlock, but I don't always play enough in a given month to cap out on fragments, so I've got like 3 chests I won't be able to open for a looong time (although eventually, since key frags seem to sometimes be event rewards, and the multiple fragments from a capsule only counts as one fragment drop).
Other players play tons but are hard mains who might get a ton of keys but just the one chest, but then they probably don't really need keys/chests to begin with as it's very unlikely to get a skin for the specific champ they one-trick, not to mentioned if they're that focused they may have just got the skin directly.
Still, people being short orange essence for something they do want can be a pain. No guarantee that they don't just get a champ shard even if you could gift chests though, so it wouldn't necessarily be a solution to that particular issue.
13900 Essence1 votesEh, it depends on the kind of player. The optimal player (who can play a lot and plays well) earns 12 frags/month and 4 chests/month so it works out exactly even. I pretty much earn my chests the day they unlock, but I don't always play enough in a given month to cap out on fragments, so I've got like 3 chests I won't be able to open for a looong time (although eventually, since key frags seem to sometimes be event rewards, and the multiple fragments from a capsule only counts as one fragment drop).
Other players play tons but are hard mains who might get a ton of keys but just the one chest, but then they probably don't really need keys/chests to begin with as it's very unlikely to get a skin for the specific champ they one-trick, not to mentioned if they're that focused they may have just got the skin directly.
Still, people being short orange essence for something they do want can be a pain. No guarantee that they don't just get a champ shard even if you could gift chests though, so it wouldn't necessarily be a solution to that particular issue.
What I mean is that you can get key frags at any point, while chests are literally blocked behind day timers. So yes you'll get exactly even, but if you play a lot you'll end up getting your keys before your chests and just sit on them, which is irritating.